StackBlur

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A fast almost Gaussian Blur. Based on Mario Klingemann's original StackBlur v0.5 from 2011 with the following changes:

• Ported to modern TypeScript.
• Converted to a NPM module.
• Fixed bit-shifting error preventing the usage of blur radius larger than 180.
• Fix problems with blur radius larger than image.
• Improved alpha channel blurring.

Usage

Install the library as a dependency in your project:

npm install @kayahr/stackblur

And then use it like this:

import { blurImageData } from "@kayahr/stackblur";

// Get image data from some canvas
// ...
const imageData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);

// Blur image data
const radius = 10; // Valid range: 0-254
const withAlpha = false; // Optional, defaults to true
blurImageData(imageData, radius, withAlpha);

// Draw image data back onto canvas
ctx.putImageData(imageData, 0, 0);

The blur function itself has no dependency on Canvas or a real ImageData object. The passed image data simply must have a data property containing the raw RGBA pixels as a Uint8Array or ClampedUint8Array and a width and height property. So it should work fine with libraries like node-canvas, sharp or jimp.